Tool for securing ends of wires.



B. W. WHlTWORTH.

TOOL FOR SECURING ENDS 0F WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1915.

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TOOL FOR SECURING ENDS OF WIRES.

APPLlCATION FILED JAN-18,1915.

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TOOL FOR SECURING ENDS OF WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

Application filed January 18, 1915. Serial No. 2,943.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BEVILL W. WHIT- woR'rH, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cedar Falls,Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tools for Securing Ends of WVi'res, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wireworking devices, and theobject of my improvement is to supply a tool adapted for securing an endof a wire about itself securely after the wire has been looped orattached to some supporting structure. This object I have accomplishedby the means which are hereinafter described and claimed,

and which are illustrated in the accompanyv are at right angles to eachother,

ing drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a left-hand side elevation of my improved tool. Fig. 2 is afront elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a right-hand elevation thereof. Fig.A is a rear side elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a top view of the tool,partly in section. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail of the upper end onlyof the handlepart of said tool. Fig. 7 is a left-hand side elevation ofthe tool in its first operative position in becoming mounted upon a wiresecured to a support. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of said tool in itssecond operative position where completely mounted upon and engaged withthe parts of said wire to be acted upon. Fig. 9 is a view of said toolin its final position, upon completion of its ofiice of twisting thewire-end about the main body of the Similar characters of referencedenote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved device comprises a flat metallic handle B, having at itsupper end a relatively large circular opening 13 in which is rotatablymounted the middle cylindrical part 18 of the double ratchet A of thetool. The handle B has a part out out of one side at 14; to form anobliquely directed passage into said opening 13, and adapted to registerwith a relatively deep longitudinal radial groove 2 in said ratchet A,said groove extending a little past its axis in order to receiv the wireH axially thereinto.

The body A has the reversed ratchets 1 and 8 engaged respectively by thepawls C and E, said pawls in turn being limited in swinging away fromthe ratchets by stops wire.

D and F mounted on the handle B. This permits the device to be used, aseither a right or a left-hand tool. The .body A has integral spacedclutch projections 35, A and 5 on its left-hand end grouped about itsaxial opening 7, of which the projections 3 and 1 are separated by thegroove 2, while they are both separated by the diametral end-groove 6from the opposite projection 5. The opposed faces of said projections,or inner walls of the groove 6 are troughed, as indicated in Fig. 5, andthe outer ends of said projections 3 and are beveled or graduallydiminished in thickness at their upper and lower parts respectively toafford proper clearance for the wire-end 16 while being operated upon.The grooves 2 and 6 with the axial opening 7 at the middle of the groove6. On the opposite or right-hand end of the body A is an integralprojection 9, cylindrical, concentric with theaxis of A and cut awayfrom the top and end to provide respectively a groove 12 into whichanother groove 11 opens to leave a hook-shaped part 10, so that thegrooves 11 and 12 both extend past the axis of said body.

The device is primarily intended for use in securing a wire end aboutthe main body of the wire after the latter has been looped about orotherwise secured to a supporting structure such as that shown in Figs.7 to 9.

The troughed body G represents the upper end of a gate-stile, having atransverse orifice (not shown) through which the wire H is passed, thelatter then being bent around one side of the stile across one verticaledge, passed under its main horizontal part and then bent upwardly toprovide the vertically extending end 16. The wire end 16 is then inposition to be operated upon by said tool.

In Fig. 7, the tool is shown as having been turned about to permit thehorizontal part of the wire H to be inserted within the groove 12 of'theratchet-body A. The tool, as shown in said Fig. 7, is then turned backto the left to seat said wire in the registering grooves 11 and 7 thetool being pushed to the left to seat the wire-end 16 in the groove 6against the troughed alined inner faces of the projections 3 and A. Thetool is now in proper position to work upon and twist the end 16 aboutthe wire H, the projections or grabs 3, 4 and 5 cooperating to seize theend 16 and twist it about the main coils 17 about the Wire wire H, whenthe handle B is swung upwardly and then used to operate the ratchet 1 bymeans of" the pawl (J. This bends the wire end into a desired number ofsecuring The Wire? end may be bent reversely about the Wire H.

when the'tooL istobe operated to wiork-lther other ratchet 8 in areverse direction. This tool is of inexpensive construction, and its 10use saves much loss of time in securing the wireendabout themain'wire: Iv

The device may be employed wherever necessary; by wire-Workers, linemen,or 0th ers, and slight departures construction, 1'5materials orproportions of the parts will not depart from the principles-0f or scopeof the protection of this invention.

Ha'ving described" my invention, What I ,y claim as-new and desire tosecure byliet'ters' 2'0 Patent, is:

1. A tool for 'securing'endsof Wires, comprisingfa handle, a rotatablebody mounted thereon having an ax al orifice and circum ferentialratchet-teeth, a pawl mounted on said handle and movably engaging; saidteeth, said body having a longitudinal groove extending from said axialorifice to its exterior, said body having wire-clutch ,ingmeanson onehead arranged at' an angle 'to-sa1d longitudinal groove, and havlngon'its opposite head" ahoolrshaped abutment with its hooked part crossingsaid groove between said axial orifice and the circumference of the bodyand spaced from the adjacent head of thelatter;

2; A tool for securing ends of wires, com prising a handle, a rotatablebody mounted thereon having an axial orifice, said body v havingitvvosets of integral ratchet-teeth re- 40versed with relation to each other,pawls mounted on said handle and" movably en gaging said sets of ratchetteeth respec'-' tively, Said body h v g; 3V lbngitudihal grooveextendingfrom said axial orifice to verse opening near one end in communica---tion with its orifice, a rotatable body seated in said orifice andprovided with tWO setsof ratchet-teeth, reversed with relation toeachother and located on opposite sides of said: handle,v said" body havingan axial orifice" and a longitudinal"- groove opening outwardly fromsaid axial H lII' occasional" reglst'ration Wlt'h' thetransverseiopeniing in said handle whenthe bod'y is rotated; of said.handle and said. reversed sets of clutching jaws fixed. on one head ofsaid pawls mounted on opposite sides engaging; respectively body to"provide a groove between with troughed opposedwalls, oneofthe jaws-beingintersected at a right angle'by said longitudinal groove, the jawshaving their relatively opposite endson opposite sides oftheir-interspace' graduallydiminished inthicknesstowa-rd 'thecircumference of the body, and said bodyhaving on its opposite head ahook-shapedi abutment carried acrosstheend opening of said longitudinalgroove in" spaced relation to, the body and between theazgi'al orificeof and" the circumference of Said bOClfY'.

Signed at; Waterloo, Iowa, this 2nd dayof January, 1915':

BE'VILE WL WHITWORTH. Witnesses:

PEARL SivANToN', Giro. G. KENNEDY.

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